diff --git a/spacy/tests/conftest.py b/spacy/tests/conftest.py
index a060555d7..b3ab10765 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/conftest.py
@@ -9,12 +9,6 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
     parser.addoption("--slow", action="store_true", help="include slow tests")
 
 
-def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
-    for opt in ["slow"]:
-        if opt in item.keywords and not item.config.getoption("--%s" % opt):
-            pytest.skip("need --%s option to run" % opt)
-
-
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def tokenizer():
     return get_lang_class("xx").Defaults.create_tokenizer()
@@ -143,6 +137,7 @@ def ru_tokenizer():
     pymorphy = pytest.importorskip("pymorphy2")
     return get_lang_class("ru").Defaults.create_tokenizer()
 
+
 def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
     def getopt(opt):
         # When using 'pytest --pyargs spacy' to test an installed copy of
@@ -153,13 +148,6 @@ def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
         # options weren't given.
         return item.config.getoption("--%s" % opt, False)
 
-    for opt in ['models', 'vectors', 'slow']:
+    for opt in ["slow"]:
         if opt in item.keywords and not getopt(opt):
             pytest.skip("need --%s option to run" % opt)
-
-    # Check if test is marked with models and has arguments set, i.e. specific
-    # language. If so, skip test if flag not set.
-    if item.get_marker('models'):
-        for arg in item.get_marker('models').args:
-            if not getopt(arg) and not getopt("all"):
-                pytest.skip("need --%s or --all option to run" % arg)